Winner announced for early-career writing award
UPDATE: “The flying bomb and the actuary”, by Liam Shaw and Luke Shaw, was last night…
Brian TarranJuly 12, 2019
March Madness, and why too much basketball knowledge can be harmful
The college basketball tournament bracket pool is a cultural phenomenon in the United States. Each…
Visualising ages and life trajectories of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
Rick Wicklin, over at The DO Loop blog, published an interesting graph showing the ages of…
Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderJanuary 24, 2018
So, were you surprised by the BBC/ONS crime risk calculator?
On 7 September this year, the BBC published a "crime risk calculator". A product of BBC…
Andromachi Tseloni and Ken PeaseNovember 1, 2017
Trials of a statistician, continued
Just over a week ago now, on the morning of Monday 31 July, Andreas Georgiou stood up…
Brian TarranAugust 8, 2017
